Welded rail joint



E. Nl. T. RYDER.

WELDED RMI. JOINTx APPUCA'TION mso 1AN.2I. 1922.

Patented Ju 1y 1l, 1922 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

E. M. T. RYDER.

WELDED RM1. JOINT.

Mmc/mon min JAN. 2, 1922.

Patented July RL i922..

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.application filed January 2,7,

.new and useful improvements in .lleldled lllail Joints, oi? which thefollowing is a specilication.

l-lithcrto welded railf'goints employing" joint plates haie commonlybeen prepared either by welding 'thc platee cr againsttlie web of therail, or by Welding the top and bottoni surfaces ol? the plates to oragainst the bottom and top surfaces el the head and has@ liaugrcs or therails,y respectively. llilith plates welded ot the rail. the head et therail is not rigidly helder supported, and with plates welded to oragainst the ander side el' the rail head. the welded areas arerelatively small and are obtained at the expense oi' diniinishing` themechanical contact between the fish plate and vthe under side olI therail head, corninonly known as the ishingmirtace. 'Fna therinore. a weldoi"- ihis character is located directly nnderiieath the rail headll'orflange and is subjected to directly transmitted, vertical blow 'from'the rellingfwheel load.. Such welds are .ordinarily diliicnlt to make,character are commonly carried ont on urban railways Where the railsembedded in the paven1ent. tbe top of the' rails being locatedsnbstantially at the level o't the pavement. Farthermore, in cases wherethe pavement has to be removed to enable welding Work to be done, theexpense of removing and replacing snllicient oi' the parement te permitthe operation to be done to the best advantage, is very considerable.

ln accordance with. my invention, the top of the or lieb-plate, whichless in, length than either of the rails., is extended outwardlyandnpnfardly past the plane of the ishingsurltaced and the weld ispreferably made between the inside of 'the oint orV heh-plate extendedand the outside ofthe head or 'lip of the rail, the top as welding"operations ol this .of the .plate being; snlicicntly spaced from aleldingg operation the-rail lange to peri/nit .en accordance with to becarried on therein.

my invention, the nr.. ced, relau tively large and the ent'niecl'ianical contact of the. fishing-surface is nreserved.

specification of Letters Patent.

against the web.

Patented July 1,1, 1922.

1am. serial No. 532,130.

Furthermore, 'the weld is in a position' to transiter the load in shearfrom the side of the rail head to the side of the joint plates, and theweld being located at the side vof the rail head or lange is directlyvisibleto the operator at all times and is in the Xmost favorableposition for carrying out the welding operation.

lilly invention will best be understood lby reference to theaccompanying drawings, in 'which l 'have illustrated the preferred formoln my invention applied to various types of rails, and in which Figure1 `is a sectional View .through a rail ot' what is commonly called theTrilby type, with the fish-plates welded thereto in accordance with myinvention; Figs. 2, 3 and L are Views similar to Fig. l, illustrating myinvention applied to iange, guard and T-rails, respectively. ln Figs. 2,3 and 4 parts similar to those in Fig. l are indicated by correspondingnumerals with the letter a, l and c, respectively, appended.

lleierring, now, to the drawings, andflrst `to Fig. 1.1 indicatesgenerally a rail of what is known as the Trilby type, provided with aweb 2., a base or lower flange 3, a head or upper ilangreV 4, andy a lipor upper flange 5, between which and the head is located the grooveusual in this type of rail for receivingr the flange of the wheel. Thefish-plates (3 and 1l, in accordance with my invention,- are extendedoutwardly, and are also extended upwardly past the plane of the nornialfishing-surface 8; that is to say, the

surface underneath the lhead or flange .i

which is engaged by the fish-plate, as ind1- cated, the plateoverlapping ,the adjacent alined ends of two rails, Preferably, a grooveor recess is formed between the upper portion 7 of the fishplate and theedge of the head or flange 4 of they rail, and provides a space throughwhich theV inner side oij the fish-plate is Welded to the outside of thehead or llange of the rail. The welding operation may be carried outelectrically, either by placing welding'materialin 'the recess or grooveand using a carbon are, in a Well known manner, or the welding metal maybe derived from a metallic welding electrode, or the Work may be done by-gas or therniit welding methods. It will be apparent that the normalfishing-surface between the ish-plate and the head or flange ATENToFFlcE'. l

n ot the rail is preserved, the Weld 9 being` formed beyondthe normalfishing-surta@ and in a position Where the welding' operation mayreadily and expeditiously be carried out. The lower portion ol' thefishplate is preferably welded to the liange l of the rail, as at 10.

The fish-plate l1, on the opposite side el the rail, is also preferablywelded to the rail in accordance with my' invention, the lishplatebeingr provided at its top with a portion 12 extending outwardly andwhich is also extended upwardly past the plane of the Fishing-surface13. The inner side of the fish-plate so extended is, in this case,welded to the guard or flange 5 of the rail, as at 14, and the lowerportion of the fishplate is welded to the flange of the rail, as at 15.l

The fish-plates 6 and 11 are preferably clamped against the rail bybolts passing through the plates and the web of the rail, one such boltbeing indicated at 16.

The fish-plates may be ina-de ot any desired material, and in anydesired manner. In thedrawings rolled plates are illustrated. It will beunderstood, however, tha" they may be otherwise formed, as by ing orforging, and that they may be formed, as a single piece, or of aplurality nl' nieces suitably secured together, as by welding;v

I have illustrated my invention in Figs.

A2 and 3 in connection with rails of the flange and guard type,respectively, and as the parts are similar to those illustrated Fig'. 1,no further description is necessary,

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated my invention in connection with a frail, inwhich the parts, including the welds, are arranged to cooperate with theflanged car wheel of the ordinary type, illustrated in dotted lines at17. lIt will, of course, be understood that 'clamping' bolts may be usedin the arrangements illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and, el.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent .of the UnitedStates is:

1. In combination, alined rails having at their tops laterally-extendinnflanges, a lishplate less in length than either adjacent rail having asurface engaging the under sides of said flanges and extending outwardlyand upwardly adjacent thereto past the plane of such surfaces andforming with flanges upwardly-facing' grooves, and Welding; niaterialwithin the grooves welding the side of said plate to the sides of saidflanges.

2. A rail-joint comprising alined rail provided at their tops withlaterally-extending flanges and a joint plate less in length than eitheradjacent rail extending upwardly by the side of said 'llangg s ancspaced there` from sufficiently to tion to be carried on material withinthe and said flanges and Weldinga the side ot said plate directly to thesides ol said flanges.

2l. rail-joint comprising alincd rails provided at their tops withlatenally-exteiuling llanges, and a fish-plate less in length thaneither adjacent rail haring a iisliing-surhice engagingthe under sidesot the 'flanges ot said `rails and externhng outwardly and up- -Wardlyadjacent to said flanges past the plane et such fishinggg-surliaces andspaced lroni said flanges suiliciently to permit a welding operation tobe. carried on therein, and having its side welded directly to the sideot said flanges;

4l. A rail-joint comprising alined rails provided at their tops withlaterally-extendi)1g flanges, and a deh-plate less in length than eitheradjacent rail .having a fishing-sur'fzu-,e engaging the undcrsides ofthe flanges of said rails and extending' outwardly and upwardly adjacentbut spaced therefrom to said flanges and substantially to the top'thereof and having its side welded directly to the side of said anges.

5, It rail-joint comprising alined rails provided at their tops andbottoms with laterally-exlendinp,u llanges, and a. fish-plate less .inlength than either adjacent rail welded 'to the top and bottom flangesof said rails, the upper portion of said fish-plate extending outwardlyand upwardly past the plane or'VY the helling-surface of said rails andspaced therefrom suilciently to perinit a welding operation to becarried on therein, the upper portion ot the fish-plate being;r

` welded at its side to the side of the top flanges or said rails.

6. A railjoint conngrising alined rails provided at their tops withllanges extending laterally therefrom on both sides, and fish- 'platesof less length than either adjacent rail on. both sides olf the railsextending' outwardly and upwardly past theI planes ot theiishing-surtaces and spaced therefrom sufiiciently to permit a welding;operation to he carried on therein, and welded on their sides to theside et the flanges ou the respective sides of the rails above thelishing-surlaces. v

"l, lln combination, aline-.d rails having` at their topslaterally-extending flanges, a lishplate in length than either adjacentrail having# a surface engaging' the undersides ol' said flanges andextending outwardly and upwardly adjacent thereto past the plane ot suchsurfaces and forming with said flanges upwardly-facing grooves, andwelding Inaterial substantially lilling;Y said grnoves and Welding theplate to the langes of said rails. S. A rail-joint compris' ,n alinedrails provided at their "ons n th laterally-extending; flanges, aiin-plate less in length nt rail having a fishingthan ei'tl'ier afl, isurlace en :ie under sides of the ilanges of saidrails and extendingoutwardly receiving groove, a joint plate less in length and upwardlyadjacent'to said A[langes and than either adjacent rail extending outl(subetantially to the top thereof, and Weld? wardly and upwardly adjacentto the rail ing material substantially filling thespaee flanges andforming With said rail langes 5 between said plate and said flanges andan upwardlyaoing groove, and We1ding1na .Welding said plate directly tosaid flanges. "terial within the groove for Welding said' j.,

9. A rail-joint comprising alined rails proplate Ato said rail anges. 1..Y vided/With flanges, and with a Wheel-flange- ELY vM. T.` RYDER.

